Week in photos

A Nepalese climbs a pole erected in a pond as part of Deopokhari festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The festival is held to appease, what locals believe, a demon in the pond. Every year on this day cattle is sacrificed to the pond demon so that no human lives are lost drowning in the pond, a common occurrence before the festival began, according to locals. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Photo by Niranjan Shrestha